Juan Fernando Pacheco

Stone Temple Pilots 2008

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One of the best bands I ever heard before in my life is Stone Temple Pilots; in fact I’m fan from the band when they launch them first CD called CORE and from there until the last CD I’m always hear their music, and a lot of people called STP as the best band in Alternative genre and I’m accord with them.

But, few years after they launch their first CD they decide dissolve the band and I lost all my opportunities to see them in a show. Until this 2008 year when they come get together again and start a new tour in the US.

The good news to me is that they offer two shows nearly to NY city during the same days I’m stay in the city, May 26 and May 31, so I try to go to one of those concerts if it’s possible, but if some of the readers from this blog goes to the concert an lives in NY, could let me a message so we can go together.

And if you’re a fan of the STP, probably this song bring to you some old memories.

For a complete info about the band and concerts please visit their official Stone Temple Pilots web site.

Chicane – Offshore

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This is the kind of music than I like so much to hear at every time trance, dance and electronic music; in fact someone told me than a song brings to you special moments of your live, and the reason why you love this music is just because it brings to your mind that moments, something like a déjà vu.

I’m not sure about that theory, but if it’s true for sure it brings to me the 2006 year, for sure that was an special time of my live because I can share alot of things with some old friends and specially at my birthday in that year because one of them organize a party just for the tree of us at my home, and when I go home they receive me with this song.

Anyway, I found this video at Youtube anf of course I like the idea to share it with you.

Saltarello

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The first time when I heard Saltarello was so much time ago, maybe ten or more years ago, and I just heard but I don’t put attention on it until several months after when I back to hear again and someone told me a little bit more about the story of Saltarello.

The Saltarello was a kind of dance very popular in de middle age and it was interpreted by a group of flutes, mandolins and some other instruments, the history tells than in some rare cases to the group of instruments a woman added hers voice to give more realism to the music.

Actually it’s still possible to hear the music is possible, but the dance steps were lost in the time forever.

The version than I heard of this song was interpreted by Dead Can Dance and you can find it on the Aion Album or if you want more info about the dance you can find it in Wikipedia.

Here the Saltarello, Dead Can Dance version:

Dead Can Dance – Saltarello

Linkin Park - In the End.

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This is one of those kind of songs than I can hear repeated times and didn´t feel tired of it, of course I do that when I use my earphones. Maybe is some kind of estranging association with the lyrics and my personal life or just the rhythm of it in fact I´m not really sure of that (Lyrics and/or rhythm), but one thing than I´m really sure likes about this song is this part of it.

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There’s only one thing you should know

Anyway, I let here the video founded in Youtube and the respective lyrics for all of those people who want to know what they are singing.

It starts with one thing
I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It’s so unreal
Didn’t look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn’t even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn’t even matter

One thing, I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I’m surprised it got so (far)
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

Chorus

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There’s only one thing you should know (2x) Chorus

A sad song in a Quito’s cold night

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Las night I was browsing the internet searching some info about music videos and some lyrics and suddenly I found this old music video from Dobbie Brothers called You belong to me, I think a lot of people never hear this song before for sure, but if you pay a little attention to the lyrics I’m really sure than you could find in your mind that special person who is the right one to be the starring of an imaginary music video where you´re the singer of it of course.

I let you the lyrics and of course a video from youtube.

Whyd you tell me this
While you look for my reaction
What do you need to know
Dont you know Ill always be the one
You dont have to prove to me youre beautiful to strangers
Ive got lovin eyes of my own

You belong to me
In this life
Anyone could tell
Any fool can see who you need
I know you all too well
You dont have to prove to me youre beautiful to strangers
Ive got lovin eyes and I can tell

You belong to me
Tell him you were foolin
You belong to me
You belong to me
Tell him hes a stranger
You belong to me

One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21

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Almost two years ago I heard this song from Flaming Lips One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21, and until today I like it.

I hope someone else of my readers likes too, but if you never hear before Flaming Lips you don’t know what you lost, in my personal point of view is a great band with great lyrics and of course the music by itself is other story.

Bluetrek: bluetooth headphones.

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Last night I went to buy some accessories for my brother’s cellphone and I’ve amazed with a Bluetrek, bluetooth headphones.

After a quickly test with my brother’s cellphone, I decide to buy it and my first impressions after a long day of use are:

• Battery’s long duration + 10 hours of use and I don’t need to charge again.
• Good quality sound, in fact is not the best but is really good.
• Easy setup in a PC machine, I tried to configure to use them with my Mac computer but I can’t something failed with the Macally bluetooth adapter, not’s the first time than Macally adapter do this in some of my gadgets.
• +10m of distance before the connection lost, in fact I went to the printer of the office and I didn’t lost the connection and this one is far away of my desk.
• Easy setup with cellphones, I configured it with my wife’s cellphone and of course with mine too.

At this time I’m thinking in buy this new bluetooth gadget to my iPod, for sure it could help me to enjoy my music experience.

What you give is what you get: New Radicals.

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During two months of my life (11/05-12/05) I heard this song day and night during every single day, at my office on my iMac or when I was walking in my old MP3 player, and for an strange reason some day I never did it again.

Last night on the past week I made a backup of my iPod’s music and I found that song again in my laptop, in fact this one and some other songs, but since that night “You get what you give” back again to rocks in my iPod, I’m not sure why I liked this song, just if you read the lyrics it doesn’t have any special to said, and if you check the rhythm you didn’t feel any special on it either, so I can’t understand why I like it.

Anyway if you like this one I leave the lyrics

What you see is what you get : New radicals

Wake up kids
We’ve got the dreamers disease
Age fourteen
They got you down on your knees
So polite
We’re busy still saying please
Frienemies
Who when you’re down ain’t your friend
Every night
We smash their mercedes benz
First we run
And then we laugh ’till we cry
But when the night is falling
And you cannot find the light
you feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight
You’ve got the music in you
Don’t let go
You’ve got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don’t give up
You’ve got a reason to live
Can’t forget we only get what we give
[I’m comin’ home baby]
[You’re tops, give it to me now]
Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile
We’re flat broke
But hey we do it in style
The bad rich
God’s flying in for your trial
But when the night is falling
And you cannot find a friend
You feel your tree is breaking
Just bend
You’ve got the music in you
Don’t let go
You’ve got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don’t give up
You’ve got a reason to live
Can’t forget
We only get what we give
This whole damn world can fall apart
You’ll be ok follow your heart
You’re in harms way I’m right behind
Now say you’re mine
You’ve got the music in you
Don’t let go
You’ve got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don’t give up
You’ve got a reason to live
Can’t forget
We only get what we give
Don’t let go
I feel the music in you
Fly high
What’s real can’t die
We only get what we give
You’re gonna get what you give
Just dont be afraid to live
Health insurance rip off lying FDA big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they’re multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
courtney love and marilyn manson
You’re all fakes
Run to your mansions
Come around
We’ll kick your ass in

One of these 80’s flashbacks!

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Today during the lunch I can hear an old, very old song from Alpaville, do you remember those guys with that 80’s haircuts? ok not so bad, in fact so much of their styles is in use at this time.

But the important fact of this post is the flashback. I can remember myself at the age of 15 or something like that, actually I’m really sure about that was the best part of my life, no problems, not jobs, no money and enough time to do all the kind of things than today I can’t. But wait a minute, I say NO money? …. mmm … mmm …. ok, actually this is the best Time of my life, I have a work, real work, I have problems, real problems in fact this could be a boring life if I don’t have it, and Money, not in the amount as I like, but I have enough money to buy my gadgets and live with no more than the necessary problems.

So, Here the Alpaville video Sounds Like A Melody, hope you enjoy it as I do.

Alphaville:

Sounds like a melody

Its a trick of my mind
To faces bathing in the screenlight
Shes so soft and warm in my arms
I tune it into the scene
My hand are resting on her shoulders
When were dancing away for a while
Oh, were moving, were falling, we step into the fire
By the hour of the wolf in a midnight dream
Theres no reason to hurry, just start that brand new story
Set it alight, were head over heels in love
Head over heels

The ringing of your laughter it sounds like a melody
To once forbidden places well go for a while

Its the definite show
Our shadows resting in the moonlight
Its so clear and bright in your eyes
Its the touch of your sighs
My lips are resting on your shoulder
When were moving so soft and slow
We need the extasy, the jelousy, the comedy of love
Like the cary grants and kellys once before
Give me more tragedy, more harmony and phantasy, my ***d e a r***
And set it alight, just starting that satellite
Set it alight

Vuelvo al sur (Gotam Project, 2000)

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Gotan Project is a musical group who begins their career in Paris, France on 1999. It is conformed by Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller t, and their first work was Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo in 2000.

From this songs “Vuelvo al Sur” in my personal point of view is one of the most strong of all their discography, and as I can see after Gotam Project a lot of new groups of electro tango born such as Narcotango, Bajofondo, Tanghetto, Hybrid Tango and many others.

Here a video of Gotan Project with Vuelvo al Sur:

vuelvo al sur:

Some links of interest are: Gotam Project biography, Gotam Project videos on Youtube, Gotam Project at Wikipedia.